Inaugural Lectures
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, THE NEXUS BETWEEN ANTHROPOLOGY, LAW AND MEDICINE
Female genital or female circumcision is the cutting or removal of the female sex organ. It is a traditional and cultural practice among Africans including some tribes in Nigeria. Globally women are victims of gender based violence (GBV) in form of violence against women…
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FROM GROWTH BIOLOGY TO HIV-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY TO THE DISCOVERY OF ANTI-CANCER AGENT: ECONOMIC IMPLICATION
EARLY SIGNS OF MY INTEREST IN THE UNRAVELING OF SCIENTIFIC MYSTERIES
• As a child, I took interest in plants and animals. I took special interest in the mystery of a bicycle standing on two tyres while in motion. A bicycle, if moving fast enough tends to maintain an upright position … a phenomenon many believe today to be driven mainly by gyroscopic forces. This type of force….
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ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDER-DEVELOPMENT: A QUEST FOR SOLUTION AND IMPERATIVES FOR DEVELOPING THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY
Nigeria is a developing country desperate to join the ranks of the developed world. About thirteen (13) different regimes including the Military, have ruled over the country since Independence in 1960. However, the planning and management of the economy has been defective. Indeed, by 2014, the Nigerian economy slid into a…
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IT IS THE ENVIRONMENT
This inaugural lecture postulates that the environment is critical to the successful development of the Nigerian economy. It establishes that the failure to develop the economy after almost six decades of Independence is a result of deficiencies in the environment particularly in the area of infrastructure, energy, education, macroeconomic…
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MICROBES; THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FASCINATING: MAN THE EFFECTIVE MANAGER
Microbe is another word for microorganisms, so I shall be using the two words interchangeably. When we conceptualize microbes, the image that readily comes to mind is “dangerous elements” “disease-causing entities” “no go areas”. However, I want to pause here and ask a pertinent question; “are microbes all BAD? or put in a different form “Are microbes guilty as charged?” Microbes are not all bad, there are a lot of beneficial…
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EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
Education in every nation is the key agenda to national development. Its major role is in the preparation of the work force needed in every segment for the development of the nation. This is because it is the educational system….
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NIGERIA’S LEGACY IN EDUCATION, NIGERIA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:THOUGHT FOR FOOD
The essence is that education, in whatever category and whether classical or vocational purports the central notion of preparing man to face and overcome the challenges of life. It
prepares human beings for a worthwhile living. This is to say that education is both for life and for living, and therefore…..
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TAMING THE BEAST: IHL IN A BLEEDING ENVIRONMENT
The history of the world would be incomplete without the story of various wars that nations fought to establish their territories. The history of mankind is in fact a story of power, struggle, of confrontations and armed conflicts between and among individuals, communities, societies and nations. Numerous armed conflicts occurred from 1300……
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Because “War is much too serious to be left to the military,” Corpus Linguistics is a thing and it is a very useful thing too
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THE POET-PROPHETIC VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS OF OUR TIME: AN ORAL, LITERARY AND BIBLICAL PROGNOSIS
My research into literature generally reveals that this phenomenon is a representation of human lives, activities and all the aspects of human nature through the conventional and non–conventional categorization. Literature has over the years grown….
FINANCIAL GATEKEEPERS, WATCHDOGS AND BLOOD HOUNDS IN THE EYES OF THE STORM OF PUBLIC TRUST; AND THE HOUSE THAT IS DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF
The importance and place of Accountants and the Accounting profession in all aspects of life that involves financial transactions can never be over emphasized. Nevertheless Accountants and the profession they belong are about the most misunderstood, misjudged, misrepresented…..
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“FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERNITY: ODYSSEY OF AN INFORMATION SCIENTIST (INFORMATICS)”
Informatics in line with Information Sciences connotes the collection, classification, storage,
retrieval and dissemination of data or information into knowledge necessary for informed decision or result. In other words, it is regarded as the automation of information using Internet of Things
(IoT), emerging technologies (nano, space etc)…..
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“EXPLORATION AND MODIFICATION FOR BETTER UTILISATION:ADDING VALUE TO PLANT BASED RESOURCES FOR NUTRITIONAL, MEDICINAL, AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS ”
The common fatty acids of plant tissues are C16 and C18 straight-chain compounds with
zero to three double bonds of a cis (or Z) configuration. Such fatty acids are also abundant in animal tissues, together with other even and odd numbered acids with a somewhat wider range
of chain-lengths and up to six…..
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“THE PARADOXICAL LIFE OF INSECTS:THE TESTIMONIALS OF AN ENTOMOLOGIST”
Insects are grouped with other animals sharing similar characteristics in the phylum Arthropoda. Arthropods, as they are known, are generally characterized as having their body divided into grooves to form segments
and a well-developed covering, integument……
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THE SAME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND POLITICIANS HAS IMPLICATION FOR NIGERIAN ELECTIONS
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Nigeria is a multi-ethnic society comprising 250 ethnic nationalities that speak over 500 languages. The southern parts of the country seem to have made more progress in the educational sector than the northern parts of Nigeria. By 1960 when Nigeria obtained its political independence, the Northern Region accounted for just 10% of primary school enrolment in the country and of over 1000 students at the University of Ibadan, just over…
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MANAGEMENT FADS: THE HUMAN FACTOR
A fad is a “fashion that come quickly into public view, is accepted with great zeal, peak early and decline very fast” (Kotler& Keller, 2009). It is “unpredictable, short –lived and without social, economic, and political significance” (Kotler& Keller, 2009). It is an idea that is fashionable only to certain groups who are enthusiastic about it- but these groups are so fickle that a fad is even more short- lived than a regular fashion (McCarthy & Perreault, Jr., 1990). Fads hit fast, peak fast……
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HUMANITY IS THE SALT OFTHE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE FROM SUBATOMIC PARTICLES TO UNIVERSALSPACE; THE TESTAMENT OFA PHYSICIST.
Smaller particles like Protons, Neutrons and Electrons which are smaller than an atomic size which make up the atom are referred to as Subatomic particles. They are responsible for the basic structure of the universe and also for the binding of the universal blocks together. Humans are made up of same basic pieces of matter, known as atoms that are made up the subatomic partcles…….
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“THE INVISIBLE DANCERS” NATURE’S LIFE SUSTAINING POWERHOUSE IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.
These invisible dancers are the predominant and primary producers in the aquatic environment. Life originated in oceans which constitute more than 95% of biosphere. The ocean continues to support all lives by generating oxygen, absorbing carbon dioxide, recycling nutrients and regulating global climate and…….
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